Born in the campo.

It can be a dangerous place to give birth, the campo. It's bad enough for a grown dog and it's certainly no place for tiny puppies. There's no food on the campo, it's hard to find shelter and, even worse, people in the neighbourhood can be mean. Really mean. For some reason these people found it troublesome to have a gentle dog and puppies in their space. They threatened to kill these poor innocents.

Fortunately not all humans are mean.  One young man tried to hide the dogs and keep them from harm, but it grew more dangerous every day. The neighbours could hear the puppies crying. They didn't like it - the desperate young man came to us for help. So the very skinny mama and her puppies came to us. The puppies are doing OK but we're very worried about her. She's so emaciated and the amount of vermin on her coat and skin was unbelievable. However they are all safe now with us and we pray they will survive. Here's a video - such a sweet small family.

 The campo is no place for puppies.

Safe with us.

Such a good mother.

 

 Gentle words and a well deserved sit down.